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Short ID:  FC6.
Title:     Gigue La Somptueuse.
Composer:  Francois Campion.
Source:    Nouvelles decouvertes sur la Guitarre.
           Page 8.
Date:      1705.
Facsimile: Minkoff (1977), page 22.

Tuning:    Bb D G C F (tuning 1).
Time sig:  3.

Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string):
  M8r5 original showed no rhythm symbol, implying another 8th. Changed to 4er 
    here.
  M13 to end of piece, original showed no slurs. They stop dead in m12.
  M24r2 original showed 4er (dot missing). Changed to dotted-4er here.
  M24r2s2 original showed fret letter c (=2) as upper neighbor for trill. Use 
    fret 3, of course.

Tablature elements to be added by hand:
  Slurs. If only a starting point is given, slur includes all the following 
  uninterrupted notes on the same string. 
    M2 r1-2s2, r3s2.
    M3 r1-2s3.
    M4 r2-3s4, r4s4.
    M5 r1-2s1, r3s1, r5-6s2.
    M6 r2-3s2, r4-5s2.
    M7 r2s1, r4-6s2.
    M8 r1s2, r3s3.
    M9 r2-3s1, r5-6s1.
    M10 r3s2, r5s3.
    M12 r1-2s1, r3s1, r5-6s2.
    M13 r2-3s3, r4-5s3. All slurs from here on are editorial suggestions.
    M14 r3-4s4.
    M15 r3s4.
    M16 r2s4, r4s5.
    M18 r3-4s2, r5-6s2.
    M19 r2s1.
    M20 r1-2s2, r4s1.
    M21 r2s1, r4s2.
    M22 r2-3s4, r5-6s4.
    M23 r1-2s1, r3-4s1.
    M26 r1-2s2, r3-4s2.
    M27 r1s1, r3-4s2.
    M28 r1-2s3, r3s3.
    M29 r1s2, r5-6s2.
    M30 r2s1.
    M32 r1s3, r3-4s5.
    M33 r1-2s1, r3s1.
    M34 r3-4s3.
    M35 r1-2s1.
  Take a moment to fill out the 16th-note beam.

Strums: Arrowheads ^ and v indicate strums. Open strings in strummed chords 
  were not shown in the tablature; add as many open strings as sound good. 
  It's worth re-drawing the ^ arrowhead right at the top of the associated 
  stem, just under the beam if a beam is present.

Repeat path: repeat from m37 back to m18.

Explanation of symbols: 
  " = trill (starting on upper neighbor). 
  , = mordent (main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note).
  . = do not strum this string in the chord. 

Octave doublings: To keep certain musical lines intact on the modern guitar, 
  consider adding or substituting the next octave up. For example, see:
  m16r5, m32r5 and m34r2.

Performance style: consider playing the piece inegales, that is, with dotted 
  8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).

Leading measures in Campion's original tablature:
  1 6 10 14 18 22 26 30 34. Last measure is 37.


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                              Gigue La Somptueuse.                           FC6: Page 1 of 1.
  Bb D G C F (tuning 1).  Leading measures: 1 9 16 22 30.                    Francois Campion.

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